Mets 2009 Games
Mets Game 162: Win Over Astros
Mets 4 Astros 0 Finally, it’s over. The worst Mets season since Art Howe “lit up a room” has come to a close — and the team finished with a bang. The Mets swept the ‘stros behind the spectacular pitching of Nelson Figueroa, who pitched the best game
Mets Game 161: Win Over Astros
Mets 5 Astros 1 Only one more to go. The suddenly inspired Mets took another one from the ‘stros in front of the hometown crowd, despite missing cavalry members Carlos Beltran and David Wright from the lineup. Pat Misch was impressive once again, allowing one run on five hits in five frames. The offense took [...]
Mets Game 160: Win Over Astros
Mets 7 Astros 1 A chance to go out with a bang. After getting swept four times in their seven September series, the Mets won the opener of their final series of the season — guaranteeing, at least, they won’t go oh-fer-October. John Maine was brilliant, pitching perhaps his best game all season. Maine went [...]
Mets Game 159: Loss to Nationals
Nationals 7 Mets 4 The season cannot end soon enough. The Mets had a two-zip lead early, the Nats fought back with a run, the Met answered with an insurance run, the Nats got another run, and the Mets answered yet again with an insurance run. So in the bottom of the ninth, Francisco Rodriguez [...]
Mets Game 158: Loss to Nationals
Nationals 4 Mets 3 With their 91st loss, the Mets may have sunk to a position lower than their opponent. The Nationals may be twelve games worse overall, but right now, the teams are all too similar — and the Nats may be slightly better. Mike Pelfrey pitched a strong seven innings, allowing only three [...]
Mets Game 157: Loss to Nationals
Nationals 2 Mets 1 The Mets lose their 90th game of the season, to a team who has already hurdled triple digits in losses. In addition, rookie stringbean Ross Detwiler earned his first MLB win — in his lucky 13th start. The 6’5″, 180-lb. Detwiler scattered seven hits in six innings and disappeared at one [...]
Mets Game 156: Win Over Marlins
Mets 4 Marlins 0 Payback’s a beach … It wasn’t quite as dramatic as the Marlins’ extinguishing of the Mets’ playoff chances at the end of the 2007 and 2008 seasons, but this game more or less put the kibosh on Florida’s shot at the Wild Card. Patrick Misch used magic, voodoo, smoke, and mirrors [...]
Mets Game 155: Loss to Marlins
Marlins 9 Mets 6 A ninth-inning rally closed the gap, but the game really wasn’t that close. John Maine was OK through the first four frames, then the wheels came off in the fifth. By the time he exited, his line was: 4 2/3 IP, 7 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 3 K. We’ll just [...]
Game 154: Win Over Marlins
Mets 6 Marlins 5 If this were 1960, the season would be over — and the Mets would have finished on a high note. Instead, we have eight more games to muddle through, and can only hope our favorite team can keep the excitement quotient at this level. Through the first four frames, it looked [...]
Mets Game 153: Loss to Braves
Braves 5 Mets 2 Hope springs eternal. Except in Flushing, in September, 2009. Unless you’re a Braves fan. The Mets helped keep the Braves impossible Wild Card hopes alive by rolling over early. I have to admit hope drained from my spirit immediately after Atlanta scored their fourth run, in the third frame. Yet I [...]
